A Castanheira (Bertholletia excelsa H.B.K), planta nativa da Amazônia, desenvolve-se em regiões de clima quente e úmido. Sua amêndoa conhecida como castanha-do-Brasil é nutricionalmente rica, por s...
Armazenamento da castanha do pará com e sem casca: efeito da temperatura na resistência ao ranço
O presente trabalho visou ao estudo do comportamento da fração lipídica de castanhas do Pará em casca e descascadas, conservadas por 4 meses em sacos de papel Kraft, nas seguintes condições: ao amb...
Aspergillus nomius is a potent producer of aflatoxins B and G and is one of the most common species of fungi found in Brazil nuts. Temperature is considered a major abiotic factor that influences f...
Influência do processo de beneficiamento na qualidade de amêndoas de castanha-do-brasil
A castanha-do-brasil (Bertholletia excelsa H.B.K.) é uma matéria-prima importante que constitui a base de subsistência para os povos da região Amazônica. Em razão do alto teor de lipídios insaturad...
Resolução nº 7, de 18 de fevereiro de 2011
Dispõe sobre limites máximos tolerados (LMT) para micotoxinas em alimentos.
Instrução normativa nº 19, de 7 de agosto de 2019
Estabelecer os requisitos, critérios e procedimentos para certificação sanitária internacional de produtos de origem vegetal.
Regulamento (CE) n.° 466/2001 da Comissão, de 8 de Março de 2001, que fixa os teores máximos de certos contaminantes presentes nos géneros alimentícios (Texto relevante para efeitos do EEE.) Jornal...
Teores máximos de determinados contaminantes
A União Europeia (UE) fixa os teores máximos de certos contaminantes, de maneira a reduzir a presença desses contaminantes em determinados géneros alimentícios a níveis tão baixos quanto razoavelme...
Esta publicación comprende un análisis del marco legal vigente que regula la actividad castañera y shiringuera en el Perú. También recoge la experiencia de dos espacios participativos a través de l...
La Serie de Manuales para el Castañero editados por ACCA, están dirigidos a todos los concesionarios de bosques de castaña en Madre de Dios y a toda persona vinculada a esta actividad, con la fin...
Efficacy of sodium hypochlorite and peracetic acid against Aspergillus nomius in Brazil nuts
The objective of this work was to assess the efficacy of sodium hypochlorite and peracetic acid for sanitization of Brazil nuts. To evaluate the natural microbiota of the nuts, the total bacteria a...
Epicotyl explants were co-cultivated with Agrobacterium tumefaciens EHA101 to transfer a chimeric 2S albumin gene construct carried in the binary Ti plasmid vectors pGSGLUC1 or pGA472 into the grai...
AFLATOXIN CONTAMINATION IN FOODS AND FOODSTUFFS IN TOKYO - 1986-1990
Aflatoxins were determined in 3054 samples of foods or foodstuffs, including cereals, nuts, beans, spices, dairy products, dry fruits, and edible oil. Samples were collected in Tokyo from 1986 to 1...
A castanha-do-Brasil (Bertholletia excelsa H.B.K.) e mandioca (Manihot esculenta Crantz) são matérias-primas importantes que constituem a base de subsistência para os povos da região Amazônica. Dev...
Conservação do leite de castanha-do-pará
Com o objetivo de avaliar a conservação do extrato fluido da amêndoa de castanha-do-pará (conhecido como leite de castanha), executou-se a pasteurização com e sem adição de conservantes químicos e ...
Antimycotic Screening of 58 Malaysian Plants against Plant Pathogens
Ethanolic extracts of 58 Malaysian plants belonging to 24 different families were screened for antifungal activity against seven plant pathogens using the filter paper disc diffusion technique. Two...
Toxicity of Selenium in Brazil Nuts to Rats
Nuts from Bertholletia excelsa, commonly known as Brazil nuts, were analyzed for selenium. Of 529 nuts from one commercial source, 6% were found to contain 100 ppm selenium or more. The mean value ...
The proteins in the oilseeds of species from 11 families, including sunflower, mustard, linseed, almond, lupin, peanut, cucumber, Brazil nut, hazelnut, yucca, castor bean, and cottonseed were studi...
Evaluation of the deterioration in Brazil nut seeds by the tetrazolium test
The objective of this work was to establish coloration patterns by the tetrazolium test that allows evaluation of the physiological quality of the Brazilian nut seeds (Bertholletia excelsa Humb. & ...
Identification of a Brazil-Nut Allergen in Transgenic Soybeans
Background The nutritional qulaity of soybeans (Glycine maul is compromised by a relative deficiency of methionine in the protein fraction of the seeds. To improve the nutritional quality, methioni...
BRAZIL NUTS .1. SPOILAGE AND CONDITIONS FAVORING AFLATOXIN GENERATION
Female and male of Dendrolaelaps praetarsalis n. sp. from Brazil, found on imported brazil-nuts in Hamburg, are described. The new species is related to Dendrolaelaps (Dendrolaelaspis) crassilacini...
Pesticide residues in foodstuffs in Great Britain: X.—Bromide residues in maize, pulses and nuts
Results are presented for the determination of bromide residues in maize, in pulses and in four types of nuts sampled on arrival in British ports mostly during the five years up to June 1968. in th...
Degraded and abandoned fallow areas of primarily monocultural rubber tree plantations are transferred into a locally-adapted form of land use with agro-forestry characteristics. Taking into conside...
An AOAC/IUPAC collaborative study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of a multifunctional column for the determination of aflatoxins. The test portion is extracted with acetonitrile-water ...
Die Bedeutung der Schadlinge in Lebensmittelimporten fur die Lagerhaltung im Binnenland.
Understanding Mycotoxin Contamination Across the Food Chain in Brazil: Challenges and Opportunities
Brazil is one of the largest food producers and exporters in the world. In the late 20th century, the European Union program for the harmonization of regulations for contaminants in food, including...